Spatial Relations in Miike Snow's “My Trigger” And Sherlock Jr

Miike Snow's “My Trigger”

In Miike Snow's “My Trigger,” continuity editing is achieved by telling the story by combining individual shots. The video seems to lack continuous, smooth, and coherent transitions between different shots. However, there is no doubt that different shots were captured in distinct angles, even though every location is characterized by similar characters, objects, properties, and costumes. The video begins in what appears as a situation room before quickly transitioning to a dance floor. Similarly, the film comprises several shots that are edited to form a condensed sequence of the information and time factors. The shots appear to have originated from different locations and times, even though the characters remain the same.

On the other hand, discontinuity editing can is one that negates the usual continuous editing. The video demonstrates spatial regression discontinuity by showing graphic borders in the form of sharp points of cutoff. In this regard, two-dimensional spaces are confined into one-dimensional ones as seen most of the pictures. Also, the filmmaker, in this case, intentionally employs the arrangement of shots that seem to confuse the audience. Furthermore, various scenes in the film are characterized by an emotional appeal to the audience, which easily tends to force them to assume some roles in the execution of the video. The shots are edited to show different locations, times

Sherlock Jr.

Concerning Sherlock Jr film, there are some examples of both graphic continuity and discontinuity. In this regard, Sherlock Jr and “Hold on” (the music video on the war on drugs) show two pictures in motion that give a spatial relation by using both continuous and discontinues editing. In a specific scene, there is continuous editing when Sherlock Jr is seen entering a movie screen. This appears to change between different surroundings as he walks into the movie screen. Progressively, the film employs straight cuts in distinguishing environments, although Sherlock Jr appears to be continuously within the theater screen while struggling to adapt to this surrounding.

On the other hand, the film applies discontinuous editing in a scene that Sherlock Jr captured sweeping outside the theater. After completing this task and straightening the sign, there is a sudden unexpected straight cut as Sherlock is seen walking towards the store. At this point, he is seen making attempts to purchase something he has insufficient funds to buy. This is again followed by another unexpected straight cut that takes him back to his earlier sweeping task. Sherlock Jr's role demonstrates how filmmakers develop cinematic language via continuous and discontinuous editing so that the audiences are offered glances of multiple locations and times. His role in the film shows how the continuity editing technique is used in creating a story that the audience can easily follow in terms of actions, time, and places.